Railway-journal-oiling device



Oct. 14; 1930.

c. STERN r AL I RAILWAY JOURNAL OILING DEVICE Filed April 5, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR;

Oct. 14, 1930. c. STERN ET AL 1,778,696

RAILWAY JOURNAL OILING DEVICE Filed April 5, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 N VEN TOR) J9Lom M/ J JC'a/Zo ck Oct. 14, 1930.

C. STERN E AL RAILWAY JOURNAL OILING DEVICE 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed April 5.

' ATTORNEY? wear of the hub liners, which is a source of Patented Oct. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES CHARLES STERN AND JAMES JOSEE'I'I CAR LOCK, F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, "E0 ARDCOMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF 7 PATENT OFFICE HDBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE RAILWAY-JOURNAL-OILING DEVICE Application filed April 5, 1928. Serial No. 267,681.

truck cellar, equipped with means for also.

lubricating the hubs of the truck, trailer or driving wheels in order to prevent the rapid great nuisance and expense at the present time.

Another object of the invention resides in providing a device to agitate the waste, so that the same will not pack against the rapidly rotating journal and become glazed thereby.

Afurtherobject of the invention is to provide improved means'for' retaining the dispensing strip for the lubricant in place. 7

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more par-' 'ticularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. I g V In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical cen-' tral section through I an improved railway journal oiling device constructed according to the present invention. V

Figure 2 is a fragmentary front end view of the same with the journal indicated in section. g V v V Figure 3 is a top plan view of the cellar with parts broken away,and parts shown in section.

' Figure 4 is a perspective view, with parts broken away showing the lubricating roller and its carrier. V

Figure 5'is a rear end view of the device partly in section and'showing the-journal in sectlon. V

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan view'of the improved truck cellar, and

Figure 7 1s a cross section taken therethrough.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 8 designates the bottom of an engine truck, or trailer cellar, 9 and 10 the side walls thereof and 11 and 12 the front and rear Walls respectively.

As shown in Figures 3 and 5, lubricant is arranged to be contained in a cup or reservoir 13 and delivered through the pipe 14 to the cellar. The pipe 14 connects with a longitudinal channel 15 in the side wall 9. A similar channel 16 is provided in the opposite side wall 10. These channels are connected by the cross passage 17 so that oil flowing from the receptacle 13 will be received in both longitudinal channels 15 and 16.

The inner walls of these channels are provided with numerous perforations 18 for leading the oilto recesses 19 containing felt or other oil absorbent strips 20. The side walls of the recesses 19 are of dovetail form and the side walls of the strips 20 counter parts thereof, whereby the stripswill be retained in place. As a further security, strands of wire 21, best shown in Figure 1, are inserted over the strips 20. These wire strands are of zigzag form and are resilient. The wire is of such lateral dimensions normally, that it must be compressed and forced into the dove-tail groove 19; whereupon it expands against the inclined walls and is thus held securely in place. The wire retains the strip 20 and prevents it from coming in contact with the rapidly rotating journal 22, which would result in the strip becoming glazed.

' A glazed surface; prevents uniform distribution ofthe oil thereover and actually prevents passage of the oil therethrough. The wall face 23 below each recess is provided with narrow slots. 24 communicating with the outer portion of the recesses 19 and ,w excess oil out slots carry the excess oil down to the waste below.

2? divides the ce lto both of which present instance on? boss-cs 28 havwaste supplied the partition carr es ing bearing open'" tiiereihrough to slidably receive the r t which provided -with the waste lating pins 30. These pins may be screw thre c into the rods 29 or Such agitating a 2 otherwise secured the pins are mount-ed in t and disturb and agitate the waste when the rods 2.9 am reciprocated. Lhis agitation of the waste serves to prevent the waste from r becomingglazed with injury to its lubricating and capillary properties.

The rods 29 extend thr ugh the partition 27 and into the an: liary compartment, where such rods are threaded or otherwise secured to the roller carrier. The roller is indicated at SLand it is shown in Figure 4; as journaled on a pin or pivot 32 which 6X tends bet vcen the plates and 3%. These plates are spaced apart and are coupled by the lugs and 36 provided with threaded. sockets to receive the threaded ends 37 of the rods 29. The ends of the rods 29 are preferably upset at the outer faces of the carrier the "hrough. The roller 81, as shown in Fr. re 1 extends against the wheel hub l5.

In Figure 1 also shown an oil sump 46. This sump lies below the lowermost part of the opening in the front wall 11 through which the roller and its carrier project. Such sump holds the oil which seeps down from the waste and would otherwise be lost through the roller opening.

The method of assembly is as follows The roller carrier assembled with the rods 29. before the olate lO s put in place.

I The cod springs 44 are slipped over the rods 29 and the rods are introduced through the opening 414; in. the front wall 11 and through the openings in the bosses 28. Of course, the agitating pins have not yet been put in place in the rods 29. The springs a? take against the partition 27 and are put under some compression in introducing the roller carrier into proper position.

T he confining plate is then put on by slipping its legs 39 downwardly oniopposite sides ofthe roller carrier-and againsttheshoulders 38. The flanges 4-1 are then riveted or other wise secured in place. The roller and its carrier will thereupon be forced outwardly against the wheel hub by pressure of the springs e7. The shoulders 38 will restrict a re outer movement. Afterwards the pins 30 are put in place. Due to inequalities in the surface of the wheel hub; and due more so to the lateral motion of the locomotive, the roller and itscarrier will partake of a reciprocating motion, which will be communicated to the rods 29 and the waste agitating pins. The desired constant movement of the .waste will result. Oil will be supplied to the waste as heretofore described and the roller 31, rotatingin contact with the waste, will receive oil and apply it to the hub 4L5 on the wheel, easing the hubs passage over the liner.

The device is applicable to both locomotive and car journals.

In Figures 5 and 6 the oil channels 15 and 16 are connected by the cross channel l-7.and are adapted to receive lubricant from a suitable source of supply as from a reser- 10 voir 13, shown in Figure 5. Ducts 18 set up communication between thesoil channels and the bases of the dove-tail recesses 19 which contain the felt or other strips 20 In this instance the strips are not confined by 105 the wire strands, but the strips furnish oil to the waste in the cellar below.

It isobvious that various changes and modiiications may be made in thedetails of construction and design of the above specifically 110 described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

hat is claimed is 1. In railway journal box having rccesses in communication with a source of lubricant supply, strips in said recesses, and Zig-zag strands of resilient wire fitted forci- 'bly into said recesses on top of the strips to 1 hold the same in place.

2. In a railway journal box, dove-tail recesses in communication with a source of liquid supply, the portions of the journal box: below said recesses being provided with numerous slots and with large end slots, absorbent strips in said recesses, and zig-zag strands of resilient wire normally wider than the recesses for fitting forcibly into the recesses and adapted to expand against the in- 1.5

clined walls thereof to hold the strips in place.

3. A railway journal box for containing waste, means for automatically feeding and distributing lubricant to the waste, a roller device in contact with the waste and with the hub of the wheel for lubricating the latter, and waste agitating means coupled to said roller device.

a. A railway journal box for containing waste, means for automatically feeding and distributing lubricant to the waste, a reciprocating roller carrier, a roller carried thereby and adapted to come in contact with the waste and with the wheel hub, yieldable means to force the carrier outwardly, and waste agitating means movable with the carr1er.

5. A railway journal box for containing waste, means for automatically feeding and I distributing lubricant to the waste, a roller carrier mounted for agitating movement, a roller carried thereby in contact with the waste and with the wheel hub, a rod coupled to said carrier, and a series of pins on the rod movable through the waste.

6. A railway journal box for containing waste, means for automatlcally feedlng and tlistributing lubricant to the waste, a roller carrier mounted for reciprocating movement through the front wall of the journal box, rods secured to the carrier, a partition in the journal box having bearings for the rods, springs surrounding the rods between the partitions and the carrier, and staggered I pins on the rods extending into the waste.

7. A railway journal box for containing waste, means for automatically feeding and distributing lubricant to the waste, a roller carrier consisting of upper and lower plates and shouldered bosses connecting the plates, rods movable with the carrier and having waste agitating means, bearing means for the rods, and means to confine the roller carrier in place.

8. A railway journal box for containing waste, means for automatically feeding and distributing lubricant to the waste, a movable shouldered roller carrier, means to yieldably project the roller carrier, and confining means cooperating with the shoulder for holding the roller carrier against outer movement.

9. A railway journal box for containing waste, means for automatically feeding and distributing lubricant to the waste, a roller carrier movably mounted in the box, means for yieldably projecting the carrier, a confining plate adapted to extend above the carrier, legs on the plate extending upon opposite sides of the carrier, andflanges upon the legs for securing the legs and plate to the front wall of thejournal box.

10. In a railway journal box containing waste, a lubricating member contacting with the waste in the box and with a hub of the V wheel on which the journal box is used, and movable means carrying said member and embedded in the waste.

11. In a railway journal box containing lubricated waste, an agitating member in contact with the waste and with the hub of a wheel with which the journal box is associated, and means moving with said member mounted in the journal box and embedded in said waste for agitating the waste.

12. In a railway journal box for containing waste, vibrating means in the journal box for agitating the waste, and positive actuating means for the vibrating means operable during the movement of the locomotive to avoid the glazing of the waste.

In testimony whereof we afiix our sigiatures.

CHARLES STERN. JAMES J. CARLOGK. 

